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World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the patronage of the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as other related organizations.   In 2020, World Health Day will focus on the vital role played by nurses and midwives in providing health care around the world, and call for strengthen the nursing and midwifery workforce. We are grateful to all our health workers fighting with  coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Big shoutout to you people, we stand with you and proud of you all. As you all know there is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The novel Corona Virus can be stopped if we stop ourselves from visiting crowded places. Also, avoid handshakes and switch to Namaste. This World Health Day let’s fight the virus together. Read Also: Blog92: Know about Coronaviruses (COVID-19) Thank You!! 🙏🏻

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.  Coronaviruses are named for the crown-like spikes on their surface. They are common throughout the world and  are zoonotic, means they are transmitted between animals and people. Most coronavirus infect animals, but there are seven different coronaviruses that infect humans. Types of Coronaviruses Common Human Coronaviruses 1. 229E (alpha coronavirus) 2. NL63 (alpha coronavirus) 3. OC43 (beta coronavirus) 4. HKU1 (beta coronavirus) Other Human Coronaviruses 5. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) 6. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) 7. 2019 No